The Strange Mystery of 'The Silver Pharaoh' - Psusennes I

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The #SilverPharaoah is a bit of a #Mystery, #PsusennesI was the third pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty who ruled from #Tanis, In spite of the destruction of wooden artifacts within the tomb due to the moist Nile delta area, the king's magnificent funerary mask was recovered intact; it proved to be made of gold and lapis lazuli and held inlays of black and white glass for the eyes and eyebrows of the object

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